'''If someone would like to add instructions for flashing the Zipit in Linux, it would be greatly appreciated.'''

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You can upload new firmware via a serial port connection to the Zipit's flash memory from a Windows PC or Linux box. First you have to modify your Zipit to add a serial port. See [[Zipit Serial Mod]]

You can upload new firmware via a serial port connection to the Zipit's flash memory from a Windows PC or Linux box. First you have to modify your Zipit to add a serial port. See [[Zipit Serial Mod]]

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You can get some info on this process (and download the necessary software) by reading [[BURN3]] and [[ZipIt WiFi Flash]], but those pages contain directions oriented towards flashing new firmware via [[WiFi]], which does not work if your Zipit has ver 2.01 or later firmware already on it.

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To begin, perform the following instructions.

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I found that the BURN3.bin file is encrypted to work for the [[WiFi]] hack, which will not work with the serial hack. Needed to use Zipit_parts_burn3.zip, which has loader, ramdisk and zimage files that must be uploaded separately. You can get the burn3 parts here http://www.aibohack.com/zipit/zipit_parts_burn3.zip.